Willow's POV

"Ow that f**king hurt" I growled as we landed in an underground cavern. When we entered the temple to investigate Natsu thought it was a good idea to stomp on the floor and it gave away underneath our feet. I helped Gray and Lucy to their feet while Natsu ran off. That was the typical thing Natsu Dragneel liked to do. We found Natsu standing in front of something encased with ice. My eyes went wide when I saw it was a huge demon. Gray's eyes went wide in horror as did Lucy's. But the look Gray had on his face showed something else. He knew what this demon was.

"That's impossible" the ice wizard said in horror. "It's Deliora! But how? How could this happen? Why is it here? What the hell is it doing on Galuna Island?!"

"Gray calm down" I told my crush placing a hand onto his shoulder. His body was shaking in anger.

"You seen this thing before?" Natsu asked.

I took Gray's hand into mine and I squeezed it. Gray took a few deep breaths as Lucy asked.

"Can you tell us about it?"

"It's Deliora, the Demon of Destruction"

"Demon of Construction?"

"Destruction" Happy corrected him.

"But why is it here?" Gray asked again. "It doesn't make any sense"

Suddenly the sounds of footsteps was heard and we all went to find a place to hide. We poked our heads up from our hiding spot and saw two male wizards entering the cave. One was shirtless wizard with black tattoos on his body and the other was fully dressed with blue hair that stood up.

"The voices seem to be coming down here" the blue haired wizard said. "I hate being awake during the day so Toby were you exposed to the Moon Drip you got those pointy ears"

"I already told you their a fashion statement you jerk!" the wizard with the dog ears snapped in anger.

"Calm down I was just teasing you" the blue haired wizard replied.

"You don't have to be so mean about it" Toby growled.

I wondered what they meant about Moon Drip. The two wizards came to a stop in front of the frozen demon and a female with pink hair joined them.

"Yuka. Toby, something terrible has happened"

"What is it now Sherry?" Yuka demanded.

"It's Angelica, she's been attacked and I'm sad"

"Your moping around because someone beat up your stupid pet rat?!" Toby snapped.

"She's not a rat, she's a brave hunter prowling the jungle to protect us, she is love"

"Oh brother" I muttered to Iskierkia.

"It's almost time to begin collecting moonlight again and this makes me so sad, this news will displease the Cold Emperor, we should get rid of them before he finds out, yes we must find them before the moon's first light"

"Agreed" Yuka said.

Toby only growled.

"Since they've seen Deliora we can't allow them to live, we'll give them the gift of eternal rest, we'll give them love"

"You're talking about death right?" Toby asked.

"Man this chick's obsession with love is weird" I told Iskierkia. She nodded before she and Happy took flight and a second later the sounds of moving rocks got the attention of Yuka, Sherry, and Toby. They hurried off and we waited until the coast was clear before we came out of hiding.

"Nice work you two" I praised Iskieria and Happy.

"Come on we should have grabbed them and beat some answers out of them"

"Not yet" Lucy stated turning to Natsu. "We still need to do some investigating"

"Man this job keeps getting more and more complicated" Natsu muttered folding his arms across his chest.

Later.

It turned out that Deliora had been the one who slaughtered Gray's village on the Northern Continent. Everyone in his village including his parents were killed. Gray had been the only survivor and he had been found by an ice wizard named Ur. Ur took Gray into her care and taught him the ways of Maker Magic. Then one day when Deliora was on a rampage in another village, Ur sacrificed herself to seal Deliora away. Her body became the very ice that sealed the demon within in it.

And now someone obviously had plans to free it. So it was decided that all of us would wait until night fell and see what the moonlight did because Gray seemed to think Deliora and the curse were connected. Natsu was already sound asleep and Gray sat on a nearby rock looking at Deliora. Lucy had brought out another one of her celestial spirits Lyra. While Lyra sang I changed into my wolf form and sat down next to Gray. When we shifted to our wolf forms Xander and I had white fur. I noticed Gray was crying and I put my head into his lap. Gray placed a hand against my furry head and stroked it. However his tears still fell and I put my body into his lap and licked away the tears with my tongue. I then fell asleep in the ice wizard's lap and remained like that until I felt the ground shake. I perked my head up and got off of Gray and returned to my human form. Above the frozen Deliora a purple magical circle appeared and the others got to their feet.

"It's a beam of light" Iskierkia said coming to my shoulder.

"Shining down from the ceiling" Natsu added.

"But why is it purple?" Gray inquired.

"It's the moonlight" I answered.

The moonlight shined down on the demon and I realized it was some kind of ritual.

"Gray this is ritual magic whoever is casting it wants to melt the ice" I explained.

"SAY WHAT?!" Lucy and Happy exclaimed.

"We need to find out where this ritual is" Gray said and we all took off from the cave. We climbed up a set of stairs that led up to an upper level of the temple. We saw another magical circle and decided to continue forward to find out where the ritual was. We made it to the roof of the temple and we saw a bunch of robed wizards performing the ritual.

"What kind of ritual is this?" Lucy asked.

"It's a spell called Moon Drip" Lyra explained appearing next to Lucy.

"What are you still doing here?" Lucy questioned.

"They're using the Moon Drip spell to melt the ice surrounding the demon underground so they can resurrect it" Lyra continued.

"What?"

"They can't!" Gray said. "The ice used in an Iced Shell can't be melted" Gray stated.

"I hate to say it but that's not entirely true while the Iced Shell is strong it can be melted using Moon Drop focused on the Moon's energy can break any magical spell"

"Idiots! They've never witnessed the wrath of Deliora!" Gray snapped.

"I think what the islanders believe is a curse against may actually be side effects of the Moon Drip, concentrated moon energy can contaminate their body I'm afraid those poor islanders have been exposed to way too much of it"

"I'll make them pay" Natsu growled.

I elbowed Natsu in the face because someone was coming to the ceremony. A man dressed with a helmet and cape headed towards the ceremony with Yuka, Toby, and Sherry. We eyed them in interest and overheard their conversation. When the man under the helmet spoke Gray's eyes widened. He knew who this guy was?!

It was then I sensed this wizard wielded ice magic too. When the Cold Emperor said that the villagers had to be killed Natsu had enough.

"I've had enough of this sneaking around business! It's not the villagers, we're the intruders your after!" Natsu shouted making his presence known. To prove his point Natsu hissed out some flames.

"Looks like are covers are blown" I said standing next to Natsu.

Sherry saw our emblems and she said.

"I know that mark they're from Fairy Tail!"

"Interesting those villagers must have gone to the magical guilds for help" Yuka added.

"Don't worry about them go eradicate the village" the Cold Emperor.

"Anyone who stands in my way whether deliberately or not is my enemy!

"SAY WHAT?!" Natsu exclaimed before he ran forward. Gray suddenly appeared beside Natsu running towards the Cold Emperor.

"Stop this crazy ceremony right now!" Gray shouted leaping into the air and activating his ice magic. He slammed his hands onto the ground forming pillars of ice that headed towards the Cold Emperor. He leapt into the air and he used his magic .When he landed on the ground a similar move like Gray's did appeared on the floor and both attacks collided with one another before the ice shattered.

"So he's like you an ice wizard" I told Gray coming up to his side.

"Lyon" Gray growled. "How could you? Do you have any idea what you're doing?!" Gray demanded.

"Oh Gray, it's been quite a while hasn't it?"

"Why would you revive Deliora?" Gray demanded.

"To think that you were one of those wizards called to this island to help those poor villagers. Did you come knowing you would find me? Or is this mere coincidence? Not that matters to me"

"Hold your tongue" I growled defending Gray. Lyon looked to me.

"I see you have a lovely woman determined to protect you"

That got me do an anime fall and Gray got even madder.

"Acquaintances of yours Cold Emperor?" Yuka asked.

"Do as your ordered I can handle the intruders on my own!"

Sherry, Yuka, and Toby disappeared and Natsu tried to run after them.

"No Natsu don't go near him!" Gray cried.

But it was too late Lyon unleashed his ice magic which began to form around Natsu and he was starting to freeze up.

"Happy get Lucy out of here and warn the villagers, Iskierkia you go with them!" I ordered.

"Aye!" Happy shouted before his wings appeared and he grabbed Lucy into his paws. Iskiera took flight from my shoulder and flew after the blonde and flying cat. Gray released another ice attack and Lyon formed an ice shield with his magic. The attacks collided again and Gray's ice shattered. Natsu's whole body was now frozen except for his head, arms, and legs.

"You distracted me long enough for the girl, cat, and that dragon to escape" Lyon said. "Chilavorus but pointless"

"F**k you ice boy" I snarled.

"If I'm correct you are the Queen of Dragons" Lyon said turning to me.

"YOUR DAMN RIGHT I AM!" I snapped.

Natsu suddenly lost his balance and rolled away from me and Gray.

"Idiot" I muttered before I looked back to Lyon.

"I see you are pretty determined to fight me" Lyon said to us.

"You and I both know that with one spell of your ice it would blow up in his face" Gray hissed.

"Then you sent him outside the range of my magic that was a clever move"

"I don't understand why you're trying to pull this surperior act with me Lyon you're not!" Gray snapped. "We're not Ur's students anymore"

"I'm well aware of that" Lyons said taking off his helmet. White spiky hair emerged from the helmet and Lyon's face finally looked to us.

"Her final act was sealing that monster away!" Gray continued. "Are you really that desperate to destroy her Iced Shell?!"

"Don't delude yourself you and I both know you were the one who killed Ur" Lyon said calmly.

"Enough!" I shouted. "I won't stand around and let you insult him anymore!"

Lyon smirked before he activated his ice magic and it came towards me. Gray pushed me aside and he took the blow. I held back a silent scream as Gray crashed against a stone wall. I hurried over to the ice wizard panicked he was seriously hurt.

"I'm okay Willow" Gray reassured me as he stood up.

"I won't let you resurrect Deliora" Gray then told Lyon.

Lyon smirked and he activated his magic again.

"Ice Make Eagle!"

Ice Eagles formed and flew towards me and Gray.

"Ice Make Shield!" Gray shouted and his shield appeared blocking Lyon's attack. My magical circle representing Red Eyes came into my hand.

"Dragon of Darkness! Come forth!"

Red Eyes came out of the circle and it roared at Lyon from the sky.

"Red Eyes Black Dragon!"

The Ice Eagles however flew over Gray's shield and he grabbed me into his arms and he held me close as he got attacked.

"Are you alright?" Gray asked.

"For now I am" I replied as Gray released me.

"Stay close to me" Gray said and I nodded. The eagles tried to attack me but Red Eyes destroyed them with his Inferno Fire Blast attack.

"Nice one Red Eyes!" I praised the dragon.

"Ice Make Hammer!" Gray shouted as an icy hammer was formed.

"Ice Make Ape!" Lyon shouted and an ice ape formed behind him. Both attacks collided making ice shatter all over the place.

"How pathetic you still use two hands when casting your ice make spells"

"Yeah that's what Ur taught us" Gray replied to Lyon. Gray then activated another spell. "Ice Make Geyser!"

My eyes widened because this was one of Gray's strongest ice make spells. Lyon became encased in ice and the spell casters that were performing the ritual ran for it. Gray's Ice Geyser broke apart and Lyon came back into view. He then used another spell and an ice dragon appeared out of nowhere and this sent Gray flying.

"GRAY!" I screamed as I watched him land not far from me. Lyon then said something that made my blood run cold. He was resurrecting Deliora to surpass Ur. And that could only be done by Lyon defeating the demon making him stronger.

"Listen to me! That thing destroyed everything we cared about and you want to bring it back to prove how strong you are?! That's insane! Please you can't do this!"

That hit a nerve with Lyon and he used his ice magic again and Gray was attacked. I was powerless as I watched Gray getting attacked again and again by Lyon's ice attacks. The last attack was Lyon attacking with the ice dragon and Gray finally crashed to the ground. I screamed and I rushed past Lyon over to unconscious Gray. Tears flowed down my face as I held his body in my arms.

"It would seem you love him" Lyon said to me.

"You shut your mouth" I hissed. I then lay Gray back onto the ground and stood up.

"You may have defeated him but you won't with me!"

Another magical circle appeared in my palm only this time it was fiery red.

"Come forth Dragon of Fire!"

A stream of fire came out of the circle and another dragon appeared next to Red Eyes.

"Red Dragon Archfiend!"

"Ice Make Dragon!" Lyon shouted.

The ice dragon shot out of the ground and I leapt into the air dodging it. Red Dragon Archfiend landed beneath me and I was on his back.

"Ice Make Eagle!" Lyon yelled.

The Ice Eagles were coming at me fast.

Red Eyes opened his mouth and released his attack. The flames destroyed Lyon's eagles and Red Dragon Archfiend opened his mouth and unleashed his fiery fury in his Crimson Flare Attack. The ice dragon melted and shards of ice were everywhere again. I drew out my sword and I leapt off of Red Dragon Archfiend's back. Both dragons hissed their flames out and I held my katana up and the flames hit it. The blade turned into living flames and I was diving towards Lyon at a fast rate of speed.

"This is for hurting Gray you son of a bitch!" I yelled before I swung my sword forward. "Inferno Crimson Flare!"

A wave of intense fire and heat shot out from my blade and it hit Lyon right on target. His helmet broke due to my attack and he was thrown backwards. His back collided against a column making dust cloud the air for a second. When it cleared Lyon saw I was standing in front of him with my sword under his chin.

"I will not kill you but make no mistake we will stop Deliora and your plan to resurrect it" I hissed before removing my blade from him. I put it back into its scabbard and turned around walking towards my dragons. Red Dragon Archfiend used his tail to place Gray onto his back and I got onto Red Eyes. Both dragons roared before they took flight and we flew back into the direction of the village.

Later.

When we got back to the village I ordered both of my dragons to guard it alongside Lucy and Happy. I never once left Gray's side as the healer of the village cleaned his wounds and wrapped him up in bandages. Gray remained asleep on the cot and I stayed by his side as he rested. He was only his boxers which made it hard for me not to look at him. I felt my eyes getting sleepy and I was about to sleep when I heard Gray moan. Immediately I turned to see him open his eyes.

"Where am I?" he asked.

"Safe for now" I replied as I stood up and walked over to his side. "We're in the village the healer took care of your wounds"

"What happened to Lyon?" Gray demanded.

"After you passed out I taught him a lesson he won't be fighting anytime soon"

Gray didn't say anything except he eyed my body.

"You're scraped up" he growled.

"I get bruises all the time on missions" I stated.

"That isn't the point Willow" Gray interrupted. "I don't want to see you hurt"

To prove his point the ice wizard grabbed my wrist and he pulled me onto the bed with him. He held me against his bare chest.

"Don't you realize I'm in love with you Willow" Gray said.

That got me to shut up.

Did I really hear him just say that?

"You shouldn't fall in love with me" I told him.

"Screw that" Gray then took my lips into his. Despite being banged up he still had the energy to kiss me. I closed my eyes and allowed him to continue. He gently pushed his tongue into my mouth to have a brief dance with my tongue. My body lit up like it did the night he and I shared our first kiss. We broke apart when we needed air and Gray growled in pain before continuing.

"I know I'm your true mate Willow I can feel it" he told me. He then bent his forehead to touch mine. "I think your wolf will recognize me soon"

I threw my arms around his body careful to not further irritate his bruises and wounds.

"I meant what I said Willow I do love you" Gray said.

"I know you do and I love you too" I replied. "I have for the longest time"

I felt Gray was smiling and he wrapped both arms around me.

"Just promise me you'll let me protect you" he said. "And you do the same for me"

I only smirked at his remark because he was right. I would everything to keep him safe and he would so the same for me.